Means for filling lubricators.



PATENTED MAR. 26, 1907.

E. 0. JORDAN.

MEANS FOR FILLING EUBRIGATORS.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 25, 1904.

UNITED- ;s rnrns rgrnnronion ELMORE (I JORDAN, OF LOS ANGELES', 'OALIFORNIA ME NS FORFILLING LUBRICATORS.

To all whom, it Til/(by concern:

Be it known that I, ELMoRE G. JbIeDA-N, a

citizen of the United Statesyresiding at Los Angeles, in the county of Los-Angeles and State of California, havei'nvented new and useful Improvements in Means forFilling Lubricators, of which the followingis a-speci- Y fication.

' My invention relates to improvements for filling the central reservoir of the lubricating apparatus of locomotive or other engines,

inwhich reservoir there is sufiicient pressure .to force the lubricant to its-place of use and illustrated in the accompanying draw-- in the steam-cylinder against the pressure therein; and the object thereof is to provide a device by means of which the central reservoir can be filled at any time while the engine is hot and without any waste of lubricatingoil and without any dariger to the operator from leaking valves. accomplish these objects by the mechanism described herein ings, in which- Figure 1 ShOWSgQ; portion 'of an engine pro;

cating-oiltO the cylinders of the engine (not.

Pipe '7, proshown) in the usual manner.

vided with cocks 8 and 9, is preferably attached to thb drain-cock 10 of the distributing-reservoir. Intermediate these cocks is a branch pipe 11, which connects pipe 7 with the storage-reservoir 12, in which a quantity of lubricating 'oil 13 may be kept to fill the central reservoir from time to time as needed.

Branch-pipe'll is provided with'cock 14,-

which controls the communication between the storage-reservoir and pipe 7. In the top of the storage-reservoir is a'filling-plug 15, which ma be removed when it is desired to replenish t e storage-reservoir. A ipe 16 having a cock 17 thereon, connects t e top of the storage-reservoir with a suitable pressure-supply, preferably with the air-pressure reservoir (not shown) on the engine. If

gesired, pipe 16 could connect with the steamome. Y

Specificatiozitof Letters Patent.

Application filed Nc'vembr 25,1904; Serial No. 234,256;

Patented March26, 1 9.07.

"In the operation: of my device;-assumingthat the en 'ne is on'theroadandit is de sired to re enishthe lubricating oil-in the distributingaeservoir, cock 4: will be first closed to-eut off the steanepressurefrom-the central reservoir, cock 9 will also be closed, and cocks 8,10, 14, and 17 will-be opened, when-the-pressure upon the topof the lubrieating-oil in the storage-reservoir will force the'same up into the distributing-reservoir until the sameis filled, which can be ascertained by looking at the'sight-glass18 with which the distributing-reservoir is provided.

Cock 14 is then closed to cut off communication between the distributing and the storage reservoir. (Jock 17 is then closed. The steam that condenses in the distributingreservoir passes down into pipe 7 When it is again desired to replenish the distributingreservoir, before the same is accomplished, as before stated, the condensed moisture is drawn out of the pipe 7 by opening cock 9.

As soon as the water is all out cock 9 is closed and the distributing-reservoir is filled, as before explained,

In the modified form the storage reservoir 19 is a cylinder provided with a piston 20 and a filling-spout21 which is closed by plug 22.

Piston 20 is operated by the screw-threaded stem 23, rotatably connected thereto, which i passes in threaded contactthrough the top of the cylinder, a hand-wheel .24 providing means to rotate the screw. In this construction the connection is made. from the bottom of the cylinder to any part of the dis- 5 tributing-reservoir. In my preferred form the connection may also be made to any part of the distributingre'servoir; but Iprefer to connect to'the ordinary drain-pipe, because the connecting-pipe then acts as a reservoir to hold the water and the same can be easily drawn ofi when desired. By closing cock 8 and opening cocks 9 and 14 the storage-reservoir can be em tied when desired.

Having descr1 ed my lnvention, what I- 1 claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a lubricator, the combination with a distributing-reservoir, of a storage-reservoir,

a pipe connecting the two reservoirs, means 1 secured to the top of the storage-reservoir for conveying com ressed air orsteam thereinto forforci'ng the ubricant in the storage-reservoir into the distributir-ig reservolr.

2. In a lubricator, the combination with a i dis'tributing reservoir, of a storage-reservoir, 'a pipe connecting the two reservolrs, and

means secured to the top of thestorage tank for conve 'ng thereinto pressure means for forcing lu ricent into' the distributing-reservo1r.

8.- In a lubricator, the combination with a distributing reservoir, ofe storage-tank, a pipe connected withthe distributingqesen voir', and a supplemental pipe connected to the first named pipe and the bottom ofthe store; etank-, and means connected to the top 0 the storage-tank for conveying there into pressure means for forcing the oil from the storage-tank into the distributing-reser- V011;

1 4:. In a mechanismfor fillinglubricators, the combination with a storage-reservoir, 'a

distributing-reservoir, and a pipe connecting the two, of means secured to the top-of'i'the' storagereservoir for conveying thereiipto pressure.means for forcing the'contents of the storageqeservoirinto the distributing-reser- I voir, independent means for forcing the contents of the distributing-reservoir therefrom and means for cutting ofl the communication discharged therefrom.

Inwitness that I claim the foregoing Ihave ofNovember, 1904;; i r

. ELM ORE 0. JORDAN.

hereunto subscribed my name this 17th day Witnesses:

G. E. HARPHAM, EDMUND AuSTRAUSE. 

